Curtain fixture



Jan. 13, 1931. w. c. KENNEY CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Filed Dec. 10. 1929 lumen 2'01 m'llialualf'cuney filial-11g,

{Patented Jan. 13-, 1931 umnxzsmas ILL AM o. KENNEY; orfoitn vsroiv, RHODETSLAND', assreivori 'ro' E NEY MANU 'rAoTUn nGooMPANY; or on'ans'roiv, RHODE ISLAND, A conronarion OF BHOD'E' ISLAND I ounfranv alarm-Iran i Applicatie'n filed December 1-0, 1929., Serial No; 413,034,;

The vogue of the ornamented curtain or drapery rod, and particularly'that;type'of ornamented rod wherein the rod ornaments quite definite and the. sale of rodssoequipped at the factory as wellas the sales of the in- "dividual ornaments themselves for ultimate attachment'to rods in'stock or rods which are actually able'volume. v V I The attachment of the end ornaments presents no particular pro-bleinin that they simply telescope into the ends of the rod, but the attachment ofthe center ornament to the rod involvesproblems of'itsown;

In the first place, such center ornament is usually a casting of ornamental outline "and 1 heavy ornament in the desired position thereonw, Moreover, such attaching meansin itself must be so; ineXpensiveof; manufacture and assembly as not materiallytoincrease production cost and should beT-of such construction and operation as-notto require the use of screw -drivers, Wrenches for other tools Heretofore; it has been the usual practice to drill and tap the center" ornament to re-' 1 ceive a screw and-toassemble the rod-engag sents a considerable itemin production costs,

and besides being -s1oWf,,aI1,dp i k g, 5*" involves an expensive factory inspection against-defective pieces, due to. the fact that the diameter of the tap isf oflsma ll that in volume production 'a certain percentage of defects is practically unavoidable; Moreover, with suchasmall screw it is very easy installed have attained consider- 7 surface decoration, and from the verynat-ure 1 of its use must beso attached to the-rod as to strip the thread by gh n-i ngthe .screw j too tightly in assembling; the clip thereon,

thus rendering the ornament useless; U consist of" end and center devices'whi'ch are a detachably fastened to the'rochhas'become this character, I have devised :my presentin- .v

ventionm- I v Accordingto I cast a rivet, stud or other headed-anchoring element with the ornament itself during the process of casting such ornament, whereby the; ornament and Van-E choring' element 1 are in efi'ect "one integral piece; The head of such anchoring'element projects sufficiently beyond the, plane of. the a rear face of the ornament tocQnStitutean exf posed end on which is assembleda'spring clip of special construction by means-of which the ornament is mounted on the curtain rod.

Such'clip isapplied to the headed "end of the anchoring element under tension so that when assembled thereon and the 'clip sprung overthe red the greater the load imposedjon .t he clip the tighter will be the engagement of elipand anchoring element.v The design of fthe clip is such as to-permit itto be sprung quickly and easily over the rodand automatically locked thereon withoutscratching for otherwise marring the finishthereofand when applied to the rod firmly holds theo-rnament in proper; positional relationship thereon against all displacement, shocks which-it is likely to meet in the normal-ruse r in assemblingthe rods and their ornaments. 1 f 1,

' ;.By1 my construction, I effect a substa-ntial saving in production costs over the ordinary of the rod.

method of drilling and tapping theucas'ting to receive a screw. Both-the necessity for an ter of drilling and tapping, however,;-reprev.

expensive factory inspection. for defective pieces andv the necessity for Yusinga; screw driver, wrench or other .too'l-in assembling the clip and ornamentareavoided. FPr'oduction and assembly are speeded up and all .posj sibility of ruining the ornament by tighten- 'ing up the clip and screw s'otightly as to strip V I the-threads is obviated.

. A satisfactory "commercial :embodi-ment iof my invention is described in the accompanying specification and illustratedin the drawings. I

In the drawings V Fig. I is a rear view of my holding an rod. Fig. 2 is improved clip ornament n place on a curtain a section on the line 2-2 of Fig.- 1.

moved, and v s v m V a .Fig. 4 shows in full lines the position as- Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe clip resumed by the clip after it has been assembled.

on the ornament and rod and in dotted lines the position of the, clip before it was assembled thereon.

assembling the clip tothe ornam'ent' and asing the and ornament towards the rod sembling the ornament to therod, the com- I have indicated at 1 a'cu'rtain rod of fiat or C shaped type, and at 2 a center ornament 1 of any desired-design and surface decoration.

Preferably-the ornament 2 is a'casting presentingon its'rear face a flat bearing surface S which ischannelled as shown at G to provide an open-ended guideway within which erally at" 3' is adapted to the base of an attaching clip, indicated gen- "be entered and clamped under tension. 7 I

The clip 3 is made of spring material and its assembling base 4: is slightly concaved, as

" shown in Fig. '3,

for a purpose hereinafter described. i

Extending rearwardly from the concaved base 4t is a pair of spaced oppositely disposed rod-clamping jaws '5 and 8. The lower jaW 5 is preferably longer than the upper jaw 8 and'is bent upon itself intermediate of its ends to afford a transversely extending pression on the spring-jaws is of course re; leased, and the. clip springs back to theposition-of- Fig. 3 but such action'simply causes the edge of the restricted portion of the keyhole slot 11 to grip the stud head'th'e more tightly. When the clip is assembled to the rodby'springing its jaws over the rod edges, as shown in full'lines in Fig. 4:, the clip is thereby again put under tension whereby firmly to grip the rod.

Although I have described my invention in its adaptation to the mounting of center ornaments on curtain or drapery rods in which use, it finds a field of immediate application, it will be understo'od'thatthis treatment is purely illustrative and'inno way limiting.

As willbe obvious, the principlesofmy invention may 'be adapted-to a wide variety of uses. Similarly, my clip, as a clip, is not necessarily limitedto use in-connection with a cast ornament orwith a cast rivet or stud,

but is capable i of'wide and varied use indegroove or hearing 6 for the lower rounded edge of the rod 1. Beyond such bearing the aw terminates in an upwardly rounded lip 7.

The upper j aw 8 is bent upon itself'opposite the groove G'toprovide a cooperating transverse rod bearing 9 and beyond such bearing terminates in a downwardly rounded lip'10. The rounded lips? and 10 avoid VVhatI therefore claim and pendent of theparticulartype of article of support to which such article is to be attached.

arious other modifications in the 'construction and operation-of my device may obviously be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention if within the limits-of the appended claims.

I desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V

1. In combinationwith an object having a headedpin projecting therefrom, a clip in- "elusive Qfa base portion provided medially with a slot toreceive the shank of said'pin, a portion atleast of said slot being of less width scratching or otherwise marring the finish H of the rod-When the clip is sprung thereon.

than the head of-said pin, said baseportion The concavebase 4c of the clip is formed with a restricted opening as'a keyhole slot 11 headed end of an anchoring element l 2 as a 2 whenthe same is poured.

- In assembling the .clipand ornament, the

jaws of the clip are "compressed tofiex the concaved base 4 to substantially straight potionof the keyhole slot is'lodged beneath the projecting head of the stud 12. In this posi- 1 tion, the clip is undertension and is maintained undertension by the engagement of its clamping jaws with-the edges of the rod with which it is assembled by springing its upper which is adapted to engage the projecting have the shank of said pin entered in said slot with the head of the pin engaging the outer face of saidb'ase portion, said base portion beinginhe'rently resilient and being norstud or rivet which is cast with the ornament mally bowed'outward medially whereby the clip is retainedby its inherent resiliency in 'sition as shown in'ful'l lines in Fig. 4:, and the thereof with another object.

e, In'combination with an object having a headed pin-projectingtherefrom, a clip in- [clusive of 'a base portion provided medially being adapted-by lateral movement thereof to have the sha nk of-said pin entered in'saidi r slot with the'fihead oflthe pin engaging the jaw over the upper rod edge, and then foreouter faceof said base portion', said base per.

with'a slot to receive the shank of said pin, a

tion being inherently resilient andbeing normally bowed outward mediallywhereby the clip is retained by its inherent resiliency in engagement with said object, means to pre vent relative-rotation between the clip and the object, and means carried bysaid clip for effecting connection thereof with another b- 'ect. a

J 3. In combination. with an object having a headed pin projecting therefrom, a clip inclusive of a base portion provided medially with-a slot to receive the shank of said pin, a

portion at least of saidslot being of less width than the head of said pin, said base portion being adapted by lateral movement thereof to have the shank of said pin entered in said slot with the head of the pin engaging the outer face of said base portion, said base portion being inherently resilient and being normally bowed outward medially whereby the clip is retained by its inherent resiliency in engagement with said obj ect, means to prevent relative rotation between the clip and the 7 object, said means comprising a 'ribon the object for engagement with an edge of the clip, andmeans carried by said clip for ef-' fecting connection thereof with another ob- Ject.

4. In combination with an object having a headedpin projecting therefrom, a clip inclusive of a base portion provided medially with a slot to receive the shankof said pin, a

portion at least of said slot being of less width 1 than the head of said pin, said base portion being adapted by lateral movement thereof to have the shank of saidpin' entered in said slot with the head of the pin engaging the outer face of said base portion, said base portion being inherently resilient and being normally bowed outward medially whereby the clip is retained by its inherent resiliency in engagement with said object,'and a pair of spaced arms extending outward from said base 'portion constituting means for effecting connection of said clip with another object, said arms being disposed for movement towards one another to efieot straightening of the base portion to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the base portion of the clip with and from an object. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM C. KENNEY. 

